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Larry Hoy (MGB.Roadster@juno.com)
Denver, CO USA
1969 MGB Roadster
1987 Jaguar XJ6 Vanden Plas
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On Thu, 16 Oct 1997 12:03:18 -0400 (EDT) FunE4MG@aol.com writes:
>Hey Gang,
>Just read that the worlds fastest Car (and British to boot) broke the
sound
>barrier, 50 years and 1 day after Chuck Yeager broke that barrier in a
rocket
>powered plane.
>After going 759+ in one direction, they turned it around and went 766+
in the
>other direction. USAC set the average speed (through some formula of
>calculations) at 763.035 MPH or in other terms.... MACH 1.02. But is it
BRG?
>Raise a pint to the fastest Big British Car and crew...
>
>Cheers,
>Tom
>
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